NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION No , OF        , 2011. 
 
 
The SECRETARY OF LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURE DEFENSE FOR THE 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND SUPPLY, exer cising the powers conferred upon 
him by Arts No. 10 and 42, annex I, of the Executiv e Order No. 7.127, of March the 4 th , 2010; in 
Legislative Order No. 885, of August 30, 2005; in E xecutive Order No. 5.759, of April the 17 th , 2006; in 
Executive Order No. 1.355, of December the 30 th , 1994; in Executive Order No. 24.114, of April the  12 th , 
1934; in Normative Ruling No. 23, of August the 2 nd , 2004; in Normative Ruling No. 6, of May the 16 th , 
2005 and considering further the results of the Pes t Risk Analysis and what is in Case n. 
21000.005356/2009 – 56, decides the following: 
 
Art. 1. To approve phytosanitary requirements to im port ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum Lam.) 
seeds (Category 4, Class 3) raised in Italy. 
 
Art. 2. The consignment of seeds referred to in Art . 1 must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary 
Certificate (PC) issued by Italy National Plant Pro tection Organization (NPPO) along with the followin g 
Additional Declarations (ADs): 
 
I – DA1: The consignment of ryegrass seeds is free from  Trogoderma glabrum  and 
Trogoderma versicolor ; 
 
II – DA2: The consignment of ryegrass seeds has been treated with (specify: product, dose or 
concentration, temperature), for the control of Ascochyta sorghi , Fusarium crookwellense , Tilletia laevis  
e Urocystis agropyri , under official supervision;  
 
III – DA5:  The ryegrass seeds production sites were submitted  to official inspection during 
crop season and the weeds Lolium rigidum, Agropyron  repens , Alopecurus myosuroides , Amaranthus 
albus , Amaranthus blitoides, Amaranthus graecizans,  Apera  spica-venti, Asphodelus  tenuifolius, Bromus  
rigidus, Cardaria draba, Descurainia sophia, Euphor bia  esula, Euphorbia helioscopia, Heliotropium 
europaeum, Hirschfeldia  incana, Phalaris  paradoxa, Sisymbrium loeselii  and  Sisymbrium orientale , and 
the wheat streak mosaic virus were not detected; 
 
IV – DA15: The ryegrass seeds consignment is free from the bac teria Pseudomonas syringae 
pv . Atropurpurea , the fungi Ascochyta sorghi , Fusarium crookwellense , Tilletia laevis  and Urocystis 
agropyri , the nematodes Anguina agrostis and  Ditylenchus dipsaci , the weeds Chondrilla  juncea, 
Hieracium  pilosella, Imperata  cylindrica, Senecio  vulgaris  e Sonchus  arvensis , and the wheat streak 
mosaic virus, according to the results of official laboratory analysis number ( ).  
 
Sole paragraph – Alternatively, for wheat streak mo saic virus, it is possible to state the AD5 : 
The ryegrass seeds production sites were submitted to official inspection during crop season and neith er 
the wheat streak mosaic virus nor the mites Aceria tulipae and Aceria tosichella  were not detected. 
Another option for the weeds Agropyron  repens , Alopecurus myosuroides , Amaranthus albus , 
Amaranthus blitoides, Amaranthus graecizans,  Apera  spica-venti, Asphodelus  tenuifolius, Bromus  
rigidus, Cardaria draba, Descurainia sophia, Euphor bia  esula, Euphorbia helioscopia, Heliotropium 
europaeum, Hirschfeldia  incana, Phalaris  paradoxa, Sisymbrium loeselii  and  Sisymbrium orientale  is the 
use of AD15 : The consignment of ryegrass seeds is free from th e weeds Agropyron  repens , Alopecurus 
myosuroides , Amaranthus albus , Amaranthus blitoides, Amaranthus graecizans,  Apera  spica-venti, 
Asphodelus  tenuifolius, Bromus  rigidus, Cardaria draba, Descurainia sophia, Euphor bia  esula, 
Euphorbia helioscopia, Heliotropium europaeum, Hirs chfeldia  incana, Phalaris  paradoxa, Sisymbrium 
loeselii  and  Sisymbrium orientale , according to the results of official laboratory a nalysis number ( ). Art. 3.  The consignments referred to in Art. 1 wil l be inspected at the entrance point 
(Phytosanitary Inspection – FI), and samples shall be collected and sent to either official or certifi ed 
laboratories for phytosanitary analysis. 
 
Sole Paragraph – The costs for shipping, as well as  costs for analysis, will be charged to the 
interested party. One will also be depositary for t he rest of the consignment until the analysis concl usion. 
In the intervening time, planting and commercializi ng the ryegrass seeds is forbidden. 
 
Art. 4.  If quarantine pests or pests not registere d in Brazil are found on the consignment 
specified on Art. 1, procedures established on Braz ilian Decree No. 24.114, of April 12, 1934, shall b e 
adopted. 
Sole Paragraph – In case of intercepting quarantine  pest, Italy NPPO will be notified and 
Brazil NPPO may suspend imports of Lolium multiflorum  seeds until the Pest Risk Analysis is revised. 
 
Art. 5.  In case of non-compliance of the condition s established on Art. 2, the product will not 
be internalized. 
 
Art. 6. Italy NPPO should notify Brazil NPPO of any  alteration on phytosanitary status of 
ryegrass culture on regions that produce seeds to b e exported to Brazil. 
Art. 7.  This Normative Instruction is effective as  of the date of its publication. 
  
 
 
FRANCISCO SÉRGIO FERREIRA JARDIM